Tehran International Short Film Festival 2022 announces its jury members
Tehran International Short Film Festival has announced its jury members for the 39th festival. The board includes Mahmoud Kalari, Mirona Radu, Tahsin İşbilen, Sergio Gomes, and Edvinas Puksta. Meet the Jury Members: Mahmoud Kalari Mahmoud Kalari is an Iranian cinematographer, screenwriter, film director, and photographer, who has worked with a number of renowned Iranian directors […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Silvestar Kolbas” the director of the short movie “The Film Factory”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? I started doing photography when I was very young. At that time, the most available photographic material for us was from the local Fotokemika factory. When I saw that abandoned film factory a few years ago, I experienced it very emotionally. […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Dery Prananda” the director of the short movie “Tan.”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The initial idea for the story was inspired by a phase in my grandpa’s life when my grandma died. My grandpa felt half of his soul going with my grandma, and almost every day only thought about how he could catch […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “ Mattia Tognoni” the director of the short movie “Senility”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The idea was born seeing the life of my grandparents with the worsening of an illness, so I decided to ask them to act in this short film. My grandfather was already quite ill at that time and unfortunately he died […]
Interview with filmmakers: “Concha Barquero” and “Alejandro Alvarado” directors of the short movie “Outtakes”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The film is part of a long process of research into the work of the late director Fernando Ruiz Vergara. Fernando only directed one film in his life, the documentary ‘Rocío’, which was partially censored in the early 1980s in Spain. […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Ali Sohail Jaura” the director of the short movie “Murder Tongue”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? Urdu is the national and official language of Pakistan, yet the people who inherited this language as their mother tongue, were murdered…. Karachi is the third largest city in the world and is home to millions of Mahajirs (Migrants) who moved […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Simon Laganière” the director of the short movie “Mimine”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The inspiration for Mimine came from my personal experience as a father. I realized that even if we do our best to be a great parent, we are all imperfect. The idea came also from the story of Larry Walter who […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Isaku Kaneko” the director of the short movie “Magnified City”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? Firstly, I came up with the protagonist, magnifying glass human character. He is a unique character in that we don’t see his face but through his face. Then, I decided to make a movie seeing the surrounding world through his lens. […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Mara Tamkovich” the director of the short movie “Live”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? LIVE is inspired by the true story of Katerina Andreeva and Daria Chulcova, independent Belarusian journalists (TV Belsat), who covered protests after Belarusian presidential elections in 2020. I feel personally connected to it, because I used to be a journalist myself […]
Interview with a filmmaker: “Mark Gerstorfer” the director of the short movie “Invisible Border”
1.Tell us about your movie, where did the idea of this movie come from? The idea of the movie came up 2015, as a lot of people were deported to Albania and Kosovo. I wanted to show the struggle between duty and humanity, and the social trauma for all who are involved. 2.Tell us about […]
